Yuma County, Colorado
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Yuma County Pioneer Photographs:

The KERN family emigrated from Holland to Eastern
Pennsylvania about 1700. From thence some of the family moved to
Westmoreland county, settling in the neighborhood of Jones Mill.
There one of the family was
killed by Indians while returning home from a visit with a neighbor;
several of those who had accompanied him escaping.
Among some of the above family were Micheal Kern, William
Kern, George Kern and Peter Kern. The latter died in Westmoreland
County; George Kern becoming a resident of Washington County.
William Kern served in the Revolution and after the war married
Catherine Hoover. He moved to Springfield, buying out the claim of
a man who held a tomahawk right to a tract of land in the present Murray
district. On this land he died about
1837 at the age of ninety one years. He reared sons named: Solomon
Kern, Abraham Kern, William Kern, Jacob Kern, Jonathan Kern, Joshua
Kern, and daughters who married Joseph Eicher and George Nicholson.
Solomon Kern was born in the township and died in 1862, at
the age of eighty one years, his father being probably one of the very
first settlers and he one of the first born in Springfield.
Solomon Kern was a
carpenter by trade and made many of the early carding machines. He
also had in operation wood carding (shouldn't this be wool carding??)
machinery in different parts of the State. For a time he was
engaged in
the Baldwin machine shops at Connellsville, but finally settled on a
farm west of Springfield village, which is at present the home of his
son, Judge John Kern. Other sons were: Josiah Kern, Solomon Kern,
and Simon
Kern. His daughters married Samuel Davis, Henry Gebhart, Henry
Griffin and Aaron Hart.
Abraham Kern, the second son of William Kern, removed to
Ohio; William Kern, the third son, married Nancy White and lived and
died on the Kooser place. Jacob Kern lived a little south of
Springfield village where he died about twenty eight years ago. He
was the father of George Kern and William Kern, both of the township.
His sons, Abraham Kern and David Kern, died in the Rebellion.
Jonathan Kern, the fifth son of William Kern, became a resident of
Greene county, and Joshua Kern, the youngest son and only survivor,
lives on Indian Creek, more than eighty years old. He has sons named
William M Kern and George Kern yet living in the
township; and John Kern and James Kern died in the war for the Union.
The Kerns have become one of the largest and best known families in
Springfield.

In 1860 Allegheny County Pennsylvania, George 38 and "Margaret" 35 Kern,
both born Pennsylvania, have
Mary A. 12, Margaret A. 11, John 8, Samuel 5, and George 2.

In 1870 Pennsylvania Geo and Marya have only Jno 19, Saml 14, and George 12.

Samuel L. Kern married Susan Wooldridge June 6, 1880 in Knox County, Ohio.

"Rev. Kern will preach every Sunday after Sunday School closes."
"Mrs. S.B. Kern is to start for Centralia, Mo., Aug 4, while there she will
attend camp-meeting of the Holiness Church at College Mound."

Chas. Kern is putting down a well as his former one has caved in . Mr.
Packer is doing the work."

In 1910 Kirk precinct Samuel B., born in Pennsylvania, and Susan Kern,
born in Ohio, both 54, are farming. With them is his mother Mary Kern, 80,
born in Pennsylvania.

On the same census page is Charles B. Kern, 25, born in Missouri, single.

November 1910 Kirk items "Charles Kern was a visitor at the Weaver home
Sunday."

Also in the Kirk 1910 census is Alpha M. Miller, 18, oldest of nine kids of
Charles J. and Lena R. Miller

In 1920 Samuel B. and Susanna, both 64, are in Lane County Oregon, no
occupation.

Susana died 12/30/1922, Samuel B. April 30, 1924, both in Lane County.

Cottage Grove Sentinel,
Oregon, 1 May 1924, page 7, column 5:

SAMUEL B. KERN WAS LEADER IN CHURCH WORK

Samuel B. Kern, well known resident of this city for many
years and prominent in religious circles, died at his home
here Tuesday morning at the age of 69 years. The funeral
will be held this afternoon
from the chapel, with Pastor D.S. Forrester, of the Free
Methodist church, and Pastor J.H. Ebert, of the Methodist
church, officiating.
The body will be taken to the old home, Kirk, Colo. for
interment.
Mr. Kern was born in Pennsylvania January 22, 1855. He came
to Cottage Grove about 14 years ago. The first wife died
here a year and a half ago. The widow by a recent marriage
survives and
Charles Kern, of Kirk, Colo. is a surviving son.

Cottage Grove Sentinel, 5
January 1923, page 1, column 2:

MRS. KERN DIES AFTER APPENDICITIS OPERATION

Mrs. S.B. Kern died Saturday morning about 3 o'clock in a Eugene
hospital where she underwent an operation for appendicitis the
day before. Mrs. Kern was 69 years of age. Besides the husband
she leaves a son who resides in Colorado. Funeral services were
held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 from the chapel, Rev. D.S.
Forrester, pastor of the Free Methodist church in charge. The
body was sent to Colorado for interment, accompanied by the son
who was here for the funeral.

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Lewis Kern, born and died January 2, 1914, is buried in New Hope, Joes. One
tree says he was Charles' son.

1916 "Charlie Kern had the misfortune of smashing the front end of his new
Overland car up in pretty bad shape by running into a horse Saturday on his way
home from Wray."

In 1920 Charles is in Cheyenne County, Colorado, married to Alpha B. Kern,
28, Kansas. They have Bertha M. 9, born in Missouri, Archie 2 and Lee T.
one month, both born in Colorado.